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1 videodisc (44 min., 16 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
This opera is set in a small Irish fishing village in the early 1900's and explores the theme of human endurance in the face of the natural elements. Maurya, an elderly Irishwoman, has lost her husband, father-in-law, and four of her six sons at sea, and predicts that she will lose her fifth son to the same fate.
by John Millington Synge ; set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams ; produced & directed by Louis Lentin ; a National Video Corporation Ltd. co-production in association with Radio Telefís Éireann.
Based on a one-act play by John Millington Synge with the same title.
Performers, Sarah Walker, Yvonne Brennan, Kathleen Tynan, Hugh Mackey, Mary Sheridan de Brun, Martin Murphy (as J.M. Synge), the Radio Telefís Éireann Chamber Choir, the Radio Telefís Éireann Concert Orchestra ; chorus master, Colin Mawby ; orchestra leader, Michael Healy ; conductor, Bryden Thomson.
Sung in English with optional English subtitles.
Set design, Jay Clements ; stage manager, Maggie Fitzgerald ; video tape editor, Mark Esdale ; costume designer, Carol Bertera ; cameras, Dan O'Connell.